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The Taliban fired at the Kabul airport, trying to kill the head of the Pentagon

15:35, Wednesday, 27 September, 2017

The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the rocket attack on the international airport of Kabul, which arrived the Minister of defence of the USA James Mattis and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

At the airport and in its vicinity has fallen from 20 to 30 missiles.The acting head of the press service of the interior Ministry of Afghanistan Najib Danish confirmed the incident and added that as a result of this attack nobody has suffered.

Now security check of the runway of the airport and clear them of debris missiles.

The TV channel reported that the Pentagon chief Mattis and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg unexpectedly arrived in Kabul for talks with Afghan authorities.